Practical guides, expert advice and resources to manage, value and grow your comic book collection.
Ratio variants 1:25, 1:50, 1:100: what print scarcity really implies, how to distinguish artificial scarcity and real demand, and avoid pitfalls.
Read article →When to sell your comics: catalysts, hype cycles and objective signals to identify the right release timing and avoid selling too early or too late.
Read article →Uncanny X-Men #266 (August 1990), plus a partial annual appearance. Its particularity lies in a date: it arrives just before the explosion of print runs in the early 1990s.
Read article →New Mutants #87 (1990), Liefeld and Simonson. Eleven issues later, the same series introduces another character, and this issue is today more sought after than his.
Read article →Born Again (1986), Gang War (1987), Underboss, Hardcore, Devil's Reign: five arcs where the Kingpin almost never fights. How to read and collect them.
Read article →The Birth of the Phoenix (1976), The Dark Phoenix Saga (1980), Inferno, Morrison (2001-2004), Phoenix Resurrection (2018). Why his returns didn't devalue his death.
Read article →X-Men #43 (1968), the Dark Phoenix Saga he endures, X-Factor (1986), Morrison, and 2012-2016: the only period where he is the subject, and the least expensive in his file.
Read article →An entourage which serves to anchor a character which, without it, would have no substance. On this file, collect relationships rather than appearances.
Read article →Superman & Lois (2021) vs comics: married and father, the state that periodical publishing has never been able to maintain. The 1996 marriage, annulled in 2011. Key numbers.
Read article →Supergirl (2015-2021) vs Action Comics #252 (1959): created as a variant, killed in 1985 for structural reasons. The series dismisses Superman. Key numbers.
Read article →Tier S, A, B, C and D of Malicia key numbers. Three anomalies: the most expensive piece is not his, the rocker is undervalued, the central arc is invisible.
Read article →Taking profits or selling at a loss? Identify the exit signals for a comic (post-announcement peak, abnormal volume), set your horizon and split the sale.
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